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... this once good quality English nation. This was written around 1990: ...a stage may come, at least, in certain areas, where the innate resilience of the English structure may be severely tested; and cause much distress to the individual persons; and can in a matter of time, cause domino effect on many other areas, causing strange happenings of technological failure, in...

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...Part I Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 English in comparison with other languages Chapter 3 The overpowering force of a feudal language Heed these words Chapter 4 The International Effect-a preparatory reflection The seeming coincidences Chapter 5 The Nations France Germany Italy Japan China Russia Asian capitalistic coun...

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...k about what is in the offing for the USA as feudal languages enter inside the social system: QUOTE: Yet the continuous and incessant bombardment of alien cultural ideology embedded in feudal languages, could create experiences, which are not English and will lead USA to social tensions. Though the extreme emotional disturbances, it causes would be understood as racial...

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...h doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two c...

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...NSON A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...r for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ... yet wider knowledge, not only of a country foreign to the author by race, history, and religion, but of the growth and liberties of art. Of the two A... ...emans and the Furnivalls, sets himself up to right the wrongs of universal history and criticism. Now, it is one thing to write with enjoyment on a su... ...or nations, should have gone far to wipe away the guilt of slavery. But in history sin always meets with condign punishment; the generation passes, th... ...hida’s history, and the degree of his influence in the transforma- tion of Japan; even now there must be Englishmen acquainted with the subject, and p... ...od. He was born to a lively and intelli- gent patriotism; the condition of Japan was his great con- cern; and while he projected a better future, he l... ...his would be a loss not easy to exagger- ate. It is still wonderful to the Japanese how far he contrived to push these explorations; a cultured gentle...

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...On the Cultural Contrast: East-West, preface by F. Liu. 4 -- Abstract by the Translator to the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophics. 12 -- Preface by the Translator to the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophics. 13 -- Biography of the Translator. 18 -- Publication Review by F. Liu. 22 -- Annotation in the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophic...

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...ter and imitate any object, and should propose to make a public display of his talents and his productions, we shall pay him reverence as a ... ... with woolen fillets; but for ourselves, we shall employ, for the sake of our real good, that more austere and less fascinating poet and le... ...s fascinating poet and legend-writer, who will imitate for us the style of the virtuous man." Plato (Republic) Chapter One At Toksugum Pala... ... Sang Huin lost the address book and key chain from the souvenir shop at the history museum Sung Ki had given to him. He lost both by leaving them in ... ...sual experiences of their petty and selfish lives to compare others with. In Japan women who left their children locked up in hot cars were rarely acc... ...le, she thought, did not camouflage their barbarity in "goodness." Early in history, except for notable flare- ups, Germans were aware of their barba... ...saluted the new communism in her heart; snickered inside at the thought that Japan had out-capitalized the West the way it tried to out-imperialize th... ...All one had were one's concoctions of plausible scenarios about the person's history and how he or she might behave from empirical personal experience... ...for this international gourmet supermarket which would soon be replicated in Japan. He showed her through the aisles and pointed out every item on th...

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... reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of your bones and open a hidden world of long-guarded — secrets. ABOUT ... ... social, political and retired — — engineer. He currently lives in a myriad of places, including Los Angeles and San Diego. Yellow on the Outside, ... ...to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. Any part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, disseminated or transmitted... ...l is based on Asian culture, specifically East Asian culture which includes Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, Chinese, etc. This novel is not base... ...ian Pride Theorems, I can reveal the truth about Asian culture whether it's Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, etc. and all the reasons — —... ... king it's still not the top. How many kings have fallen throughout — — the history of human civilization? Last I checked, kings and queens of our cu... ...he thing with Gabriel; he always packs light wherever he goes. He says that Japanese people like to keep things simple and compact. I think he's jus... ...ers, domineering and controlling, and their actions pervasive throughout the history of Korean culture. Korean men have furious tempers. If you don't... ...tball player; every person in China claims that he's the best center in the history of the NBA, yet he's never won a NBA championship, let alone win...

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...Most readers of this book will have had some type of religious instruction. Whether as children we were taught at a church Sunday school or some other religious institution, or weabsorbed simple social assumptions from the culture we live...

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...on Published by the Author York, Western Australia 2006 The first edition of this book was published under the title The Mystical Chorus by Millenniu... ...lished under the title The Mystical Chorus by Millennium Books [an imprint of E.J. Dwyer (Australia) Pty. Ltd.] in 1995. This second edition, with tex... ...ations, and new index, is published by the Author, Donald Broadribb, owner of the publication rights. Copyright © 1995 and 2006 by Donald Broadribb. T... ...ture we live in, none of us grow up in a religious vacuum. Through most of history the majority of people appear to have been reasonably satisfied wit... ...iblical studies and languages (which I had studied at UTS) to teaching the history of pre-Christian civilizations and religions. It was not long befor... ...of Christianity. Even now books concerned with Comparative Religion or the History of Religions tend to devote the giant’s share of their content to t... ...he Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law, particularly popular in Japan. Nevertheless be- lief in permanent, ultimate individuality such as i... ...hich distinguish Buddhism from all other religions. 42 Zen has its home in Japan, although originally it came from India via China. Among the streams ... ...sm originated and spread, and the cultural underlay of Indian, Chinese and Japanese Buddhism which gave rise to Zen. There is a definite tendency in b...

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...arbor Improvements. 19 -- Land Travel. 23 -- Mail Service. 26 -- The New King. 33 -- Administrative Organization. 36 -- General Policy. 37 -- Mission of W. L. Lee. 39 -- Failure of the Reciprocity Treaty. 45 -- Great Britain and the Reciprocity Treaty. 47 -- New Treaty with France. 47 -- Quest for Security. 54 -- Hawaii's Neutrality in Time of War. 57 -- Hawaii and Japan. ...

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...1. The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Countries 3. Recent Trends in International Finance and Developmental Implications 4. The Rise of New Global Players 5. ...

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...An idea is taken for granted in the scheme of things. Someone exclaims, "I've got an idea!" What is it that he has? From where did he get it? How was it transmitted? How might it spread to others? What will be the effect of the acceptance of the idea? These are some o...

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...er Originally Published in 1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MARKETING OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 1 TABLE OF ... ...BLE OF CONTENTS 3 FOREWORD 6 PREFACE 7 GLOSSARY 9 INTRODUCTION 10 1 THE NATURE OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 12 ORIGINATION, MATURATION AND ADOPTIO... ...cope Broadening" Debate 22 Social Marketing: Two Meanings 23 A BROADENED TYPOLOGY OF PRODUCTS 23 The Typology 24 Implications 27 EXCHANGE TRANSAC... ...oked by the Congress. This book is timely. It is difficult to imagine a period in history when restrictions on the spread of ideas have been so rel... ...ead of ideas, good as well as bad, across vast regions on a scale unprecedented in history. So it is time for the trade in ideas, as perceived by Ho... ...is not new," comment Allport and Postman (1947). They go on to ask: How much of history, . . . can be regarded as the reactions of important group... ...nefits: In August 1945, a rumor spread to the effect that Russia declared war on Japan only because Russia received in exchange the secret of the ... ...f films as idea channels (Brembeck and Howell 1976, p. 39). On the other hand, in Japan, which endures the highest per-capita consumption of cigaret...

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